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JioCinema Premium announces line-Up for The Penguin, Khalbali Records and Bigg Boss Kannada
Mumbai: This September, JioCinema Premium brings the best in International, national and regional content to ensure the viewers kickstart the festive season. The September line-up features a diverse array of content across multiple genres which includes popular international movies, original series, and engaging kids’ entertainment.
From mystery to drama and foot-tapping music – The Khalbali Records will take the viewers into the pulsating world of indie music where raw talent meets fierce ambition. Directed by Devanshu Singh, Khalbali Records features the talented cast of Ram Kapoor, Skand Thakur, Saloni Batra and popular Punjabi rapper Prabh Deep. The soundtrack is composed by the immensely talented Amit Trivedi & Azadi records! The show will start streaming on 12 September.
Inspired from the 80’s show with the same name, The Fall Guy, by action director David Leitch of the ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ fame, brings together Oscar® nominee Ryan Gosling and Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt. Watch the exciting mystery unfold with some truly unbelievable action and unmissable laughs in the language of your choice from 3 September.
The Penguin series showcases the escapes of Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin. He engages in a high-stakes power battle with the daughter of his late employer, Carmine Falcone, as he starts to make his mark in Gotham City’s criminal underground network. Suspense and intrigue are guaranteed as fight to control family’s crime empire intensifies. The series will stream from 20 September. Adding to the excitement of the month, Tusshar Kapoor and Priyanka Chahar Chaudhary’s Dus June ki Raat season 2 will also be launched.
Fardeen Khan’s upcoming movie Visfot, premiering on 6th September, is an exhilarating Bollywood action-thriller that guarantees a captivating cinematic experience. Directed by Kookie Gulati and featuring Fardeen Khan and Riteish Deshmukh in prominent roles, this film is a remake of the Venezuelan blockbuster ‘Rock Paper Scissors’.
Honeymoon Photographer follows lead actress Asha Negi as Ambika Nath, who transitions from documenting honeymoons to becoming entangled in the mysterious death of Adhir Irani. The series features an impressive cast, including Zoya Irani, Rajeev Siddhartha, Jason Tham, Sahil Salathia, and Ritika Murthy. This thrilling mystery series will stream from 27 September.
For the kids, there’s a special line-up starting with Rudra on 6th September and Bhoot Bandhus in Bhoot World from 14th September. The platform will also stream the Anubandha Awards starting 20 September, where prominent stars, technicians, and writers of the Kannada television industry are felicitated for their achievements and contributions.
And finally, to end the month with a big bang, Bigg Boss Kannada is all set to screen with nonstop drama and thrilling twists. The start to the upcoming festivities with daily episodes at 9 PM.
e-commerce
ONDC names Vibhor Jain MD and CEO; Rohit Lohia joins as CBO, Manoj Thakur as CTO
Leadership formalised as open commerce network sharpens focus on scale and user value
The Open Network for Digital Commerce has formalised Vibhor Jain as managing director and chief executive officer, cementing a leadership transition at India’s ambitious open commerce platform as it pushes for scale and relevance.
Jain, who had been serving as acting chief executive officer since April last year following the exit of Thampy Koshy, steps into the role with effect from 7th April , according to a report by The Economic Times. He previously served as chief operating officer at the government-backed network, which enables buyers and sellers to transact across applications through an open, interoperable system.
Setting out his strategy, Jain underscored the network’s differentiated architecture. “Going forward, we are concentrating on what open, interoperable infrastructure can uniquely enable, things that no single platform has the incentive or the architecture to do,” he said.
He added that the immediate priority is to widen ONDC’s impact across user cohorts often underserved by platform-led commerce. “My priority is to deepen the value ONDC creates for the people it exists to serve: kisaans, karigars, kiranas, gig workers, first-time investors, and daily commuters across India,” he said.
Jain also flagged leadership reinforcement within the organisation, noting that ONDC has “a strong and exciting leadership team in place”, with Rohit Lohia joining as chief business officer and Manoj Thakur as chief technology officer.
With over 18 years of experience spanning entrepreneurship and consulting, Jain brings a track record in technology-led, large-scale transformation programmes and internet businesses. At ONDC, he has been closely involved in shaping strategy and operations as the network seeks to move digital commerce away from platform-centric models towards an open network approach.
Before ONDC, Jain worked with JUMO, where he helped set up the fintech firm’s India operations, and led the India launch of Mobike, handling regulatory, policy and operational aspects of its market entry. Earlier, he co-founded Atlanta Healthcare, an air quality management company, and spent more than a decade in consulting roles at Andersen and EY, advising governments on public policy and technology-driven reforms, including work on the Aadhaar programme and tax systems.
The mandate is clear but the path is complex. As ONDC attempts to rewrite the rules of digital commerce, Jain now carries the burden of turning open architecture into mass adoption, in a market still dominated by platform power.
